BBC announce cast for Atlantis, the new drama to replace Merlin

Juliet Stevenson and Mark Addy are lined up to star in a new family drama, set
to take Merlin's Saturday evening slot this autumn.

All star: Juliet Stevenson and Mark Addy to star in AtlantisPhoto: PA

By Alice Vincent, Entertainment writer, online

3:42PM GMT 27 Mar 2013

The BBC have announced an all-star cast for Atlantis, a new family drama that will air in the Saturday early evening slot vacated by Merlin.

The cast includes acclaimed actress Juliet Stevenson, who will soon be seen in BBC One's The Village, Sarah Parish, who has appeared TV dramas such as Mistresses and Monroe and Game of Thrones' Mark Addy.

Addy, no stranger to fantasy after his role as Robert Baratheon in Game of Thrones said he was "very excited to be invited along on this epic adventure".

Also confirmed are Robert Emms, who starred in Steven Spielberg's War Horse, young Misfits talent Jack Donnelly and Lost In Austen's Jemima Rooper.